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No. 370,665. Patented Sept. 27, 1887.

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CALVIN G. UDELL, V0E NORTH TNDIANAPoLis, INDIANA.

TOWEL-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,665, dated September 27, 1887.

' Application filed October 13, 1886. Serial No. 216,142. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CALVIN G. UDELL, a resident of North Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements inv Towel-Arms, a description of which is set forth in the following specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in the several iigures of which like letters refer to like parts.

My invention relates to the construction of that class of towel-arms which are fastened against any convenient portion of the woodwork of the room by means of screws or nails, and readily detachable therefrom when desired, and will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my device fastened to a portion of the wood-work by means of screws, the rods b eing shown more or less open. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the rods in line with each other. Fig. 3 is a front view of the upper bracket. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the lower bracket. Fig. 5 is a side view of the collar and its web by which it is connected with the rods. Fig. 6 is a top View of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a top view of Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a top View of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is an end view of Fig. 4. Fig. l0 is an end view of Fig. 8. Figs. l and 2 are drawn upon asmaller scale thanthe other gures of the drawings.

In detail, r are Wooden rods, one end of which is slit by a saw, forming an open slot to receive the web w of the collar c2. This web being inserted into the slotted end of the rod r, the clamps c', the whole piece being made of malleable iron, are driven down round the rods, as shown in Fig. 1, clamping the collar and web firmly to the rod.

b is the upper bracket, which is provided with an open slot, 1, for the screw to enter, and with a collar, c', which has a spur, s, formed upon its inside its entire length.

b is the lower bracket, which has a similar collar, c, also provided with a spur, s, on the inside, and an open slot, 2, for the screw to pass through into the wood-work. Its sides are extended and curve downward, forming hooks h, on which may be hung a sponge, wash-rag, or anything that may be desired.

The collar c2 being fastened to the rod r, as

hereinbefore described, the rods are placed in the position shown in Fig. 2-that is to say, the three are placed one above the other and between the upper bracket, b, and the lower bracket, b.

A wooden pin, p, which is of asize to closely iit in the openings in the collars of the brackets and rods, all these being of the same size, is driven down through them all, uniting the parts together, the spurs sin the upper and lower brackets entering the side of this wooden pin and securing it so that it fits closely,unit ing all the parts so firmly that they can be with difculty separated by the hand. The completed device is then fastened to the furniture or casing by means of screws passing through the open slots l and 2 of the upper and lower brackets, which are separate and independent until united by the wooden pintle.

It will be observed that the collars of the rods have no spurs, and therefore the rods and collars will turn with little difficulty upon the central pintle or wooden pin, p, and when used a little will turn still more readily than at first, a tight fit being secured by the driving in of the wooden' pin, while the pin itself is prevented from turning, being held rmly in place by the spurs in the collars of the upper and lower brackets. I thus provide a convenient towel-rack which is at all times ready for use when secured by a couple of screws to the casing, and will not come apart by handling or shaking.

I am aware that towel-arms composed of rods provided with collars which turn upon a pintle are not new, and do not broadly claim the same as my invention; butin all these cases, so far as I am aware, the pintle proper, lupon which the collars turn, forms no part of the rack itself, but is made in a separate piece, the pintle in these cases being usually made of metal.

The collar c2, with its web and clamps, is not claimed herein, it being covered by Letters Patent No. 313,558, issued to me March 10, 1885.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

l. A towel-rack comprising a series of rods r, having collars attached to their inner ends, a wooden pintle, p, upon which such collars IOO are loosely mounted between separate and inA having spurs s, the collars c2, set between such dependent upper and lower brackets, I) b, the

upper and lower brackets, and the parts lower bracket provided with one or more united by the wooden pintle p, driven through hooks It, such brackets also provided with colthe collars of the brackets and collars of the 15 5 lars, in which the ends of the pintle are tightly rods, all combined substantially as described. driven, so as to unite the several parts of the In witness whereof I have hereunto set my rack, all combined and arranged to operate hand this 2d day of October, 1886. substantially as described. CALVIN G. UDELL.

2. The towel-rack composed of rods r, col- Io lars c2, united to the inner end of the rods by Vitnesses:

G. P. Jneons,

web w and clamps c', the brackets b and b', HATTIE MURRY. 

